by Thomas Sowell | Aug 12, 2003 | Elections, POLITICS
Arnold Schwarzenegger has made a big splash in the media by entering the California governor’s race. But the real news out of California came a few days before Arnold’s political bombshell. The latest census data show — for the first time —... by Walter Williams | Aug 12, 2003 | Africa, POLITICS
Anyone who believes President Bush’s Africa initiative, including sending U.S. troops to Liberia, will amount to more than a hill of beans is whistling Dixie. Maybe it’s overly pessimistic, but most of Africa is a continent without much hope for its... by Angela Logomasini | Aug 11, 2003 | POLITICS
As public health officials consider spraying pesticides to control the mosquito-borne West Nile virus, anti-pesticide activists claim that spraying devastates birds and other wildlife. But such claims should be viewed with skepticism. It seems that West Nile virus and... by Thomas Sowell | Aug 11, 2003 | POLITICS
Justice Anthony Kennedy won an outburst of applause at a recent meeting of the American Bar Association in San Francisco when he criticized mandatory sentencing laws. “Every day in prison is much longer than any day you’ve ever spent,” Justice... by Daniel Pipes | Aug 9, 2003 | WORLD
Is this the start of a process that could transform Turkey, for 80 years the stalwart of secularism in the Muslim Middle East, into an Islamic republic?
by Allan Treilhard | Aug 9, 2003 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
Israel’s recent release of approximately 400 prisoners – including 210 members of known Arab terrorist organizations – is immoral, as those released directly threaten the lives of Israelis. Though the Palestinian Intifada officially ended — for... by Bruce Bartlett | Aug 8, 2003 | POLITICS
For the last year or two, it has been fashionable to ridicule the idea of a “New Economy,” which underlay the stock market boom of the late 1990s. However, last week’s productivity report shows that the New Economy is alive and kicking. The original... by Michelle Malkin | Aug 8, 2003 | POLITICS
Two questions have been left unanswered following last week’s announcement by Homeland Security Department head Tom Ridge that he has temporarily suspended travel programs allowing foreigners to fly into our country without U.S. visas: Why did it take so bloody... by James Glassman | Aug 7, 2003 | POLITICS
Poland, the fifth-largest country in Europe, is not one of the first places most investors look for opportunities. But maybe it should be. I returned full of enthusiasm a few weeks ago from my first trip to Poland in 40 years. Poland’s stock market is small...